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A non-pathogenic gut bacteria may offer significant potential for helping people with food allergies, researchers from the University Hospital of Geneva and University College Cork found. If animal study results translate to humans, the research may even mean an end to food allergies.

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A non-pathogenic gut bacteria may offer significant potential for helping people with food allergies, researchers from the University Hospital of Geneva and University College Cork found. If animal study results translate to humans, the research may even mean an end to food allergies.